Photo 3: The Liberty Bell on tour to St. Louis for the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, 1904.

(Independence National Historical Park)

Questions for Photos 2 & 3

1. Why do you think so many people came to see the Liberty Bell?

2. What value would viewing the Liberty Bell have for the community?

3. What might the traveling Liberty Bell exhibit have meant to people distant from Philadelphia in a time when neither cars nor airplanes were readily available for long distance travel?

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